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Program: Day 1 – Wednesday, 3 May 2017

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  • 9:00 – WELCOMING REMARKS
    Kofi Appenteng, President, The Africa-America Institute
  • 9:10 – KEYNOTE: The State of Education in Kenya
    Introduction: Maurice Makoloo, Regional Director for East Africa, Ford Foundation
    Presenter: Honorable Fred Matiang’i, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Kenya
  • 9:40 – FIRESIDE CHAT: Youth Opportunities & Learning
    Maurice Makoloo, Regional Director for East Africa, Ford Foundation & Kofi Appenteng, President, The Africa-America Institute
  • 10:40 – PANEL 1: Educating Africa’s Next Generation
    Moderator: Nneka Okekearu, Deputy Director, Enterprise Development Centre, Pan Atlantic University
    Panelists:
    Anne Jason, GE Executive Global Commodity Leader, General Electric Africa
    Dr. Henrik Pedersen, Dean of School of Engineering, Rutgers University
    Femi Taiwo, Programme Manager, YouthLEAP, LEAP Africa
    Vivienne Yeda, Director General, East African Development Bank
    Student Discussant: Stephen Ndege, Recent United States International University (USIU) Graduate
  • 11:55 – SPECIAL PRESENTATION: MasterCard Foundation Scholars’ Program
    Presenter: Ivy Mwai, Program Manager, Education and Learning, MasterCard Foundation
  • 12:30 – LUNCH
  • 14:00 – KEYNOTE: Reforming Higher Education in Africa
    Dr. Phillip Clay, Former Chancellor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • 14:45 – PANEL 2: African Entrepreneurs Disrupting Education
    Moderator: Melissa Howell, Director of Global Programs, The Africa-America Institute
    Panelists:
    Lydiah Kemunto Bosire, 8B
    Dr. Sidy Ndao, SenEcole
    Student Discussant: Ms. Ivy Wainana, MA in Information Security, Carnegie Mellon University Africa (CMU) Graduate
  • 15:45 – PANEL 3: Innovation for Inclusion: Increasing Representation in Higher Education
    Moderator: Santiago Iñiguez, President of IE University
    Panelists:
    Dr. Atieno Adala, Manager, Research Development, African Virtual University
    John Matogo, University Relations Leader for East Africa, IBM
    Irene Mbari-Kirika, Executive Director, InAble
    Matthew Mugo Fields, Founder of Redbird Advanced Learning
    Student Discussant: Ms. Sophy Okotta, Vice President of the National Youth Bunge Association (NYBA)
  • 16:55 – DAY 2 PREVIEW: Africa’s Great Civilizations
  • 17:00 – NETWORKING RECEPTION WITH FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS
  • 20:00 – END OF RECEPTION

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